I was as content Off-Broadway as I was in a big Hollywood movie, and, I just try to be content wherever I am, you know.

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Your own need to be shines out of any dream or creation you imagine.

Your own need to be shines out of any dream or creation you imagine.

No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was...

No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was...

Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to...

Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to...

The arts have always been an important ingredient to the health of a nation, but...

The arts have always been an important ingredient to the health of a nation, but...

So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I...

So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I...

I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don't know how I can...

I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don't know how I can...

You don't build a bond without being present.

You don't build a bond without being present.

Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that...

Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that...

One day, my youngest uncle - the other one who was first to go to...

One day, my youngest uncle - the other one who was first to go to...

So in my junior year, I switched to the drama department.

So in my junior year, I switched to the drama department.

We children learned responsibility automatically.

We children learned responsibility automatically.

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

You sang in church, you know, and you didn't act at all. You tried not...

You sang in church, you know, and you didn't act at all. You tried not...

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human...

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human...

So in my sophomore year, I took a senior anatomy class. I thought anatomy -...

So in my sophomore year, I took a senior anatomy class. I thought anatomy -...

Just so you know, there's a space that only you can fill. Just so you...

Just so you know, there's a space that only you can fill. Just so you...

There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.

There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of...

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of...

If there was any magic formula, it was getting to pitch every fourth day.

If there was any magic formula, it was getting to pitch every fourth day.

Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.

Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.